Georgia is one of at least a dozen states that allow some employees who aren't police officers to carry guns in schools.
The children are sitting in a classroom.
The school board in Atlanta's suburbs voted 4-2 to allow employees to carry weapons on school grounds.
Two months after Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law cutting the hours of training required for personnel to carry arms in schools, the decision was made.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Georgia, Ohio, Montana, Alaska, and Colorado allow people who aren't police officers to carry weapons in school.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, if a school employee has a concealed carry permit and permission from the school, they can carry a gun.
If you have a concealed carry permit, you can carry a weapon on school grounds.
Gun control activists shouted "Delay the vote!" and "shame!" at the meeting where the school board voted.
Concealed carry permits as well as those approved by schools are exceptions to the federal law that bars guns on K-12 campuses. If local school boards authorize the move, teachers and other employees can carry weapons in school. Two months after authorities say an 18-year-old killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the school board made a decision in the county. Many Republican politicians have argued for a long time that armed teachers could be one way to prevent school shootings. The calls were re-upped after the Uvalde shooting. Democrats and Republicans came together to pass gun control measures after the elementary school massacre and a shooting at Tops Friendly supermarket in Buffalo, New York. The measures don't go far enough according to many Democrats.
Some non-officers will be allowed to carry guns.
The bill makes it easier for teachers to carry guns.
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